Narrow Results By
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds 160
- Bruno Engler fonds 54
- Lillian Gest fonds 27
- Luxton family fonds 24
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds 8
- Bert Riggall fonds 6
- Underwood and Underwood Publishers fonds 5
- Bo Holroyd fonds 3
- Hubert Green fonds 3
- Placido Monachello fonds 3
- Soapy Smith fonds 3
- Elliott Barnes fonds 2
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- skin; sinew; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0024
- Description
- A whip of braided rawhide with a knot at the end and six separate strands of braid hanging loose. The lash is attached to a straight wooden handle.
1 image
- Title
- Stock Whip
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- skin; sinew; wood
- Dimensions
- 272.0 cm
- Description
- A whip of braided rawhide with a knot at the end and six separate strands of braid hanging loose. The lash is attached to a straight wooden handle.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0024
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0030
- Description
- A pair of handwoven wool saddlebags for a donkey or burro. Each bag has a white background with a red diamond pattern and tassels of wool at the lower corners. The bags are attached with red and white straps at the upper corners and have flaps which are edged with plaid fabric. There are ties to…
1 image
- Title
- Saddlebag
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 2.0 (thickness) x 33.0 x 91.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of handwoven wool saddlebags for a donkey or burro. Each bag has a white background with a red diamond pattern and tassels of wool at the lower corners. The bags are attached with red and white straps at the upper corners and have flaps which are edged with plaid fabric. There are ties to close the flaps securely.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0030
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Mustela (Erminea?) Head
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.0021%20a-f
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0021 a-f
- Description
- Six crudely tanned and finished weasel heads with balsa wood supports. Each head has brown fur and glass eyes, and one head, (d), has been finished with plastic teeth.
1 image
- Title
- Mustela (Erminea?) Head
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; wood
- Dimensions
- 3.5 (average) x 6.0 (average) x 9.0 (average) cm
- Description
- Six crudely tanned and finished weasel heads with balsa wood supports. Each head has brown fur and glass eyes, and one head, (d), has been finished with plastic teeth.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0021 a-f
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- skin; feathers; metal; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3013
- Description
- Shallow drum, with buckskin stretched over round metal band. Fur stuffed inside back of band. Two feathers hang one end. Painting of a bison head on face.
1 image
- Title
- Drum
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- skin; feathers; metal; paint
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 18.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- Shallow drum, with buckskin stretched over round metal band. Fur stuffed inside back of band. Two feathers hang one end. Painting of a bison head on face.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- ceremonial
- painting
- tourism
- souvenirs
- animals, bison
- animals, buffalo
- music
- pow wow
- dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3013
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0011
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0011
- Description
- A small, clear, cut glass figurine of a dog or sheep lying or crouching.
1 image
- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 3.0 cm
- Description
- A small, clear, cut glass figurine of a dog or sheep lying or crouching.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0011
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0046
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- mineral, onyx
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0046
- Description
- Blue-grey onyx carved into the shape of a standing , simplified bison. The figurine has a brown luster at the top of head and hump, rump back of hind legs, and patch on left side.
1 image
- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- mineral, onyx
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Blue-grey onyx carved into the shape of a standing , simplified bison. The figurine has a brown luster at the top of head and hump, rump back of hind legs, and patch on left side.
- Subject
- households
- animals
- animals, buffalo
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0046
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Oxshoe Shoe, Animal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.03.0006
- Date
- 1884 – 1900
- Material
- metal, iron
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.0006
- Description
- A roughly crescent shaped piece of forged iron with flat tabs turned up at each end. There is a groove along the outside edge with three small square nail holes through the iron (two more holes are filled in with dirt and corrosion).
1 image
- Title
- Oxshoe Shoe, Animal
- Date
- 1884 – 1900
- Material
- metal, iron
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 12.5 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A roughly crescent shaped piece of forged iron with flat tabs turned up at each end. There is a groove along the outside edge with three small square nail holes through the iron (two more holes are filled in with dirt and corrosion).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.0006
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0071
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0071
- Description
- A carved wooden black cat sitting with its tail tucked around its body. There is heavy stylized hair texture incised on the tail and at the haunches, with a lighter texture surrounding the face and pointed ears. The facial features are carved, and the cat has yellow glass eyes. A large, deep cyl…
1 image
- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 8.0 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- A carved wooden black cat sitting with its tail tucked around its body. There is heavy stylized hair texture incised on the tail and at the haunches, with a lighter texture surrounding the face and pointed ears. The facial features are carved, and the cat has yellow glass eyes. A large, deep cylindrical hole (diam. 4 cm.) is drilled at a slight angle into the back at the shoulders.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0071
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- wood; horn; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0075
- Description
- A carved wooden wolf or fox with a sharp nose and large pointed ears and inset glass eyes. The animals is dressed in a long-tailed coat with a bag across its chest hanging at one side. The left hand is replaced by chamois horn which is being brushed with a clothes brush held in the right hand. T…
1 image
- Title
- Whip Hook
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- wood; horn; glass
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 7.5 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- A carved wooden wolf or fox with a sharp nose and large pointed ears and inset glass eyes. The animals is dressed in a long-tailed coat with a bag across its chest hanging at one side. The left hand is replaced by chamois horn which is being brushed with a clothes brush held in the right hand. The right leg is crossed over left which is another chamois horn, and the bushy tail is wrapped around both legs. The back is flat with a hole for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0075
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Ne I^ethka Makochi^ Chach = This is our home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25231
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Wesley, Trudy
- Mi^ni^ Thni^
- Wesley, Tanisha
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alta. : Durvile
- Call Number
- 05 W51n
1 website
1 image
- Responsibility
- Mi^ni^ Thni^
- Trudy Wesley (author)
- Tanisha Wesley (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alta. : Durvile
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 30 pages : color illustrations
- Subjects
- First Nations
- Stoney Nakoda
- Languages
- Animals
- Teachers
- Abstract
- A descriptive Stoney Nakoda story of the people and animals who live in the foothills and mountains of southern Alberta, and call it home (back cover)
- Notes
- The mentors and publishers of this series have supported the First Nations authors to share their stories under the guidance of traditional language speakers and Elders
- ISBN
- 9780969448990
- Accession Number
- P2020.09
- Call Number
- 05 W51n
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Treaty 7 Language Books via Calgary Public Library
Websites
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.